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overjoy

[ oh-ver-joi ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to feel great joy or delight; elate:

    It overjoys me to hear of your good fortune. I was overjoyed at her safe arrival.



overjoy

/ ˌəʊvəˈdʒɔɪ /

verb

  1. tr to give great delight to


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Other Words From

  • over·joyed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of overjoy1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; over-, joy

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Example Sentences

Chrissy Sebald, a soccer coach and foster parent, was overjoyed last year with the district’s decision to give a free meal to all students.

HBCU advocates were overjoyed not only at the amount of money but at the vote of confidence in their work.

I have had the Honour to be known to that Prelate a long time, and was overjoy'd at the opportunity of paying my respects to him.

I was overjoy'd to be of this Party, because I had never yet travell'd this Way.

We were overjoy'd at this Deliverance, which we had Reason to think a happy one.

His overjoy at obtaining liberty, after so long a struggle for it, led to his excesses and his ruin.

Well—I am strangely overjoy'd at his coming—never to be sure was anything so damn'd unlucky!

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